I thought it might be fun to make a list of all the times House uses his cane to open doors or stop lift doors. Seems like it happens a lot. Poor old cane, House puts it through all sorts of things. Although there are worse things for the cane (I'm thinking Wilson and a particular dog... Pop quiz! Name the episodes I'm referring to!).

Anyway, here we go. This is of course an incomplete list, please add to it in the comments!

Ep2-01: Acceptance

House and Stacy are discussing House's latest trick. Just before the elevator doors close with House inside it, House stops the door with his cane, to ask Stacy a question. It is a pretty neat way to continue a scene that you thought was over, isn't it?

Ep2-07: Hunting

Cameron gets on the elevator looking rather worse for wear. Just before the doors close, House's cane clangs between the gap. House and rat get on elevator.

Ep2-16: Safe

Following on from Wilson's subterfuge to let House get a better 'look' at a patient, House uses his cane like a limbo stick to block the elevator entrance. Foreman slips under it, but the rest aren't so lucky, as a hospital bed is taking up the rest of the space. House also uses the cane to fend off Foreman when he tries to turn off the emergency stop House activated.

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This episode has quite a few engrossing moments, but I wanted to comment on my favourite. The ep is a really good look at too much pain vs too little pain. Are they trying to tell us something?

House finds one of those imaginary cases that happen when he's bored - and turns it into a real case. Hanna has CIPA (Congenital Insensitivity to Pain) - and also a diagnosis. But when things go wrong, the ducklings dive into the tests. Except that trying to force a kid that can't feel pain to do things is kinda hard. Might need to break an arm...

The Game: "Let's go break her arm". The aim: get the patient in the chair.

House: Hi again. I'm sure I can say this without being condescending, but then you'd get the false impression that I respect you so – you're a kid, you're scared, you're stalling. Grow up.

Hannah: I'm not scared. I'm never scared.

House: See? How juvenile was that? You can't feel pain. Nothing left but pleasure. Why don't you tell me how wonderful that is?

Hannah: It sucks.

House: Better than being in pain all the time. Get in the chair.

Hannah: Every morning I have to check my eyes to make sure I didn't scratch a cornea in my sleep.

House: Oh God, stop. I'm in a pool of tears here.

1 to Hanna. (Hanna:1 House:0).

Hannah: I can't cry.

House: Neither can I. Every morning I check my eyes for jaundice in case the Vicodin's finally shot my liver.

1 to House. His liver isn't shot yet? (Hanna:1 House:1).
So, they both have pretty serious issues with their eyes....

Hannah: I can't run anywhere without examining all my toes for swelling.

House: I can't run.

Hmm... Didn't House run quite a bit at one stage? Ha, running beats not running - 1 to House (Hanna:1 House:2).

Hannah: Boys can't hold me for too long because I can overheat.

House: Girls can't hold me for too long because I only pay for an hour.

I'd give a point to House for having to pay, but well... he has to pay. (Hanna:2 House:2).

Hannah: I need an alarm on my watch to remind me to go to the bathroom. You know how many humiliating experiences before I thought of that.

House: The bathroom's 50 feet from my office. Every drink of water I weigh the pros and cons.

Knowing is always better than not knowing. (Hanna:3 House:2).

Hannah: After everything I do, I self-check: Mouth, tongue, gums for cuts. Count teeth, check temperature. Fingers, toes and joints for swelling, skin for bruises.

House: I got shot.

... some would say House brought that on himself. (Hanna:3 House:3). House sedates her when she shows him where she was burnt as a kid.

[...]

Cameron: You weren't shot because of leg pain, you were shot because you're a jerk.

House: Some think the two are connected.

Ah, there it is. So, final score.... 3 all. Hmm... I thought it might come out differently. I guess a lack of pain can be a bad thing. You don't know what pain's like, so nothing to compare it to. Bad for knowing where physical boundaries are. But too much pain is obviously debilitating.

One more Housism before I wrap up:

Wilson: Why are you here?

House: I still haven’t figured out why.

Wilson: No, I meant here. In my office.

Thanks for the transcript Twistv.

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Well, that was crazy. I've been doing a lot since I left off in October 2007. I'm really sorry I haven't had the chance topost about House, but now I have a whole lot of new material to work with. And the up-coming season looks to be a really interesting and quite different one.

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